An apparatus comprises at least one processor; at least one memory storing at least one program; a light source; and a capturing unit configured to acquire image data by capturing an image formed on a medium, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to extract information multiplexed in the image from an image captured by the capturing unit, adjust the light amount of the light source to a light amount that accords with a reflection intensity of the medium on which the image is formed, capture the image, and extract information from the image.

A medium conveyance device includes a conveyor configured to convey a medium along a conveyance path, a first sensor configured to detect whether or not the medium is disposed is a detection region in the conveyance path, and a controller configured to control the conveyor to convey the medium in an ejection direction opposite to a feed direction when the conveyor conveys the medium in the feed detection and when the first sensor no longer detects the medium, wherein the controller controls the conveyor to convey the medium in the ejection direction when the conveyor keeps the medium stopped and when the first sensor no longer detects the medium.

When a device main body acquires detection information corresponding to a second original document from a rigidity detecting unit in a state where the device main body is in a first posture, a control unit of an image reading device performs a first step of stopping transporting an original document and a second step of controlling a driving source to switch the posture of the device main body from a first posture to a second posture in which a sloped angle of the device main body is smaller than that in the first posture.

An image processing apparatus capable of preventing recurrence of a jam at the time of document reading is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a feeder, a reader, a storage device, and a processor. The processor causes the image processing apparatus to function as: a reading unit configured to cause the reader to read a document by a reading method among a plurality of reading methods including a conveyance-based reading method using the feeder; a storage control unit configured to, in a case where reading of a document with the reader by the conveyance-based reading method has failed, store information on the document in the storage device; and a notification unit configured to, in a case where an instruction to read again the document by the conveyance-based reading method is issued, issue, in accordance with the information, a notification that prompts to change the reading method set for the document.

A predetermined image correction process is automatically performed on an image, and information for identifying that the predetermined image correction process has been performed is displayed in a state that an image having undergone the predetermined image correction process is being displayed.

A method is disclosed comprising: connecting, by a part scanner, to a blockchain platform; outputting a user interface, the user interface including at least a first input component and a second input component; capturing an image of a surface of a part; outputting the image in the user interface; generating a surface descriptor based on the image; when the first input component is activated, attempting to store, in the blockchain platform, an authentication record that is generated based on the surface descriptor, and outputting, in the user interface, an indication of an outcome of the attempt to store the authentication record in the blockchain platform; and when the second input component is activated, attempting to authenticate the part based on the surface descriptor and outputting, in the user interface, an indication of an outcome of the attempt to authenticate the part.

An image forming apparatus (100) extracts from first image data (11) second image data (12), which is image data of a document, and accepts operation for selecting either a first preview image (71) corresponding to the first image data (11) or a second preview image (72) corresponding to the second image data (12). The image forming apparatus (100) outputs, when the first preview image (71) is selected, the first image data (11) and, when the second preview image (72) is selected, the second image data (12).

A document reading apparatus has a first scanning unit that can scan in a document conveyance direction and determines a document reading position, and a guide plate provided in a position that sandwiches the document being conveyed with the first scanning unit. On a facing surface of the guide plate relative to the first scanning unit, a first color section to which a white sheet is attached and a second color section having a sheet metal color (e.g. gray) of the guide plate are formed in the document conveyance direction. The document reading position corresponds to a position facing the second color section when a document is read in a crop mode.

A recording material transporting device includes a first transport unit that transports a recording material as a target to be transported and a second transport unit that has a transport belt, the transport belt receiving the recording material from the first transport unit and performing transport of the recording material toward a reader that reads an image on the recording material, the transport belt having a transport surface having different friction coefficients in a transport direction that is a direction of the transport and in an intersection direction that is a direction intersecting the transport direction, the friction coefficient in the intersection direction being smaller than the friction coefficient in the transport direction.

When a device main body acquires detection information corresponding to a second original document from a rigidity detecting unit in a state where the device main body is in a first posture, a control unit of an image reading device performs a first step of stopping transporting an original document and a second step of controlling a driving source to switch the posture of the device main body from a first posture to a second posture in which a sloped angle of the device main body is smaller than that in the first posture.